Cause and Effect

The poem “Cause And Effect” written by Charles Bukowski is a very interesting poem about people that commit suicide and those they leave behind. I personally think this is a gloomy poem because death is usually a depressing topic. The poem starts out with, “the best often die by their own hand” I like how it starts out this way making those who take their life look like the best. I think it is interesting how it starts out kind of talking about those people and then changes to talking about the people they leave behind. Something that I noticed while reading this poem was that it is all in lowercase letters with no punctuation other than one comma. Then the poet says they do this ”just to get away” which is interesting because it makes you think why someone would just want to get away so much that they take their own life. “And those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them” I think that this last part of them poem really makes you think. I think people often do think this when someone they love takes their own hand however, the poet says they”just want to get away” which doesn’t necessarily mean away from anyone. I think this poet is kind of trying to show how people are very egocentric, even when someone takes their own life people relate it back to themselves. Also, people often times think that when someone takes their own life it is very selfish of them, but like the poem says those left behind don’t understand why someone would want to get away from them which I think is very selfish because they most likely don’t really know and understand why they actually did that. The poet shows both sides very well in a short poem. I think that this poem is very interesting and really makes you think about people that take their own lives and those they leave behind. Bukowski really makes the poem very interesting in many…...

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Effects of pressures on students
Cause and effect essay
That today’s children have been pressured in the society is now considered to be a normal
statement. As the world has been increasingly competitive, each person just has to struggle for what is
best for him or her. Especially for parents, they all aspire to see their children successful in their lives.
The offspring are pushed to study hard in order to get into a reputable university. In many Asian
countries, the pressure to perform on high-stakes college entrance examinations and academic
competitions is so high that it puts an anxious pressure on many students. Frequently, parents are also
the fact that puts even more pressure on their children.
According to the research, in Japan, 60 per cent of the students are considered as high
depressed (Wike, 2006). While, 30 per cent feel that their pressures are on the right amount and only 9
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deadlines of assignments. Some of them have to stay up late with the intention of being responsible to
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